Sofia Vergara blasts critics of ‘sexist’ Emmy pedestal — Backstage at the Primetime Emmys, Sofia Vergara blasted critics who called her pedestal gag sexist. — During the 66th annual awards, the Modern Family actress stepped onto on a slowly rotating pedestal, showing off her curves …

One in six French people say they support ISIS — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — Two polls released this week both ask a question that you would hope wouldn't need asking: how many people support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Unfortunately, in all four countries surveyed …

Lost in America — More and more I'm convinced that America right now isn't a country dealing with a mere dip in its mood and might. It's a country surrendering to a new identity and era, in which optimism is quaint and the frontier anything but endless. — There's a feeling of helplessness …

Will there be a GOP wave or wipeout in the Senate? — Will there be a GOP wave in the Senate—or a wipeout? — So where's the wave? This is President Obama's sixth-year-itch election. The map of states with contested Senate seats could hardly be better from the Republicans' vantage point.

Watch Joe Biden Flirt With A 108-Year-Old Veteran — Vice President Joe Biden's flirting skills are legendary and they were on full display July 25 when he met with America's oldest living female veteran, Lucy Coffey. The White House released an adorable video of Coffey's encounter with Biden …

Boehner Shoots Bizarre Video With Wind-Up Monkey Toy — The official government office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) posted to its website on Tuesday a slickly produced 40-second video centered on a wind-up toy monkey that sits in Boehner's house. — The website says that the toy monkey …

Steve Schmidt joins Rick Perry's legal team — Republican strategist and former John McCain consultant Steve Schmidt has joined the team helping Texas Gov. Rick Perry with the strategy around his indictment, POLITICO has learned. — Schmidt is the latest addition to a team that Perry has been expanding with legal hands.

Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ — Summary of Findings — A major insight into human behavior from pre-internet era studies of communication is the tendency of people not to speak up about policy issues in public—or among their family, friends, and work colleagues …

Cornel West and the Insular World of the Obama-Hating Left — A revealing interview. — Shares — The political subculture of anti-Obama leftists has entered a phase by this point in the Obama presidency where the truth of its worldview is so well-established to its own adherents that it requires no exposition.

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